The Toronto Maple Leafs are trying to improve their puck-possession numbers, and they're not wasting time.

Toronto on Monday signed forward Daniel Winnik, typically solid in that department, to a one-year deal. Last week, they added Kyle Dubas, known for his work with analytics, to their front office, then signed play-driving, frequently injured winger David Booth.

All three moves are evidence that Toronto indeed realizes that accepting a roster stocked with players who get regularly outshot and outposessed, as has been the case for the last two seasons, is a bad idea. President Brendan Shanahan said as much when he introduced Dubas, who started at assistant GM the same day Dave Poulin and Claude Loiselle were fired.

"I can certainly say that anybody in our organization, regardless of what they were asked in the past or past years, their opinions, a little bit of time with Kyle can change those opinions and change those views," Shanahan said.

For now, that leaves us with Winnik, who is coming off a career-high 30 points with the Anaheim Ducks, but actually saw his shot-share decrease; for the second time in his seven-year NHL career, his team took a larger portion of 5-on-5 shot attempts with him off the ice (50.8 percent) than with him on it (48.0 percent).

In any case, Winnik, at 29, has a puck-possession track record that outstrips his output last season, and certainly should help the Leafs in that regard. At bare minimum, it's another one-year, low-money, competition-creating deal for a player that fits a bottom-six need.

At forward this offseason, Toronto has now added Winnik, Booth, Mike Santorelli, Leo Komarov and Finnish Olympian Petri Kontiola. Only Komarov's deal (four years, $2.9 million annually) lasts longer than a season. That's not bad at all.